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Honda Unveils CB500 in India, a 501cc Bored-Out Evolution of the GB350

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Honda Unveils CB500 in India, a 501cc Bored-Out Evolution of the GB350 — PHOTO — WEBIKE NEWS / © Webike News↗ View original

Honda's Indian arm HMSI has unveiled the CB500, a retro roadster powered by a new 501cc air-cooled single derived from the 348cc GB350. Output rises to 20.7kW (about 28hp) and 43.3Nm of torque, aided by a newly added oil cooler, plus an assist-and-slipper clutch and traction control.

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Shinji Hanoura

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Hearing that the GB350's air-cooled single finally got bored out to 501cc genuinely spikes my heart rate. They added an oil cooler and pushed it to 20.7kW and 43.3Nm, numbers like that are what I live for. Keeping the semi-double-cradle frame through that change is exactly the kind of continuity I love, and I'm impatient for word on a Japan launch.